Herm Sprenger Broke!

[JKlatsky]

I've not yet had a problem with ours. We have several prongs and fursavers. I would say that's an anomaly.

Eventually, with use the prongs will get loose and you need to replace them which is why they sometimes seem to fall apart.

[codmaster]

Originally Posted by Sigurd's Mom

I have a HS collar and lately when Sigurd is wearing it the prongs come undone. Even when I pick it up to put it on him, it seems to just fall apart. Hmm.

The fact that the links of a prong collar can come apart is well known, and most people that advocate the prong also tell everyone that you need a link to a flat collar as a backup. The link actually breaking is another thing entirely of course!

I have had the prong come apart three times in about 2 years of use - the first without a backup (don't ask!) and the last two with the flat collar in use. All three happened on a sigificant correction.

[Liesje]

Originally Posted by Sigurd's Mom

I have a HS collar and lately when Sigurd is wearing it the prongs come undone. Even when I pick it up to put it on him, it seems to just fall apart. Hmm.

That is how mine is. The prongs are very loose in how they connect (like you barely have to pinch them at all or use any effort to disconnect them), and it's not because I've loosened it over time because mine has a quick release, so until recently I've never put it on/off with the prongs. I have had to recently because the quick release is what broke, but it was loose before that, and has come off several times just from Nikon shaking or itching his neck. I like my collars fit tighter than the average Joe and even asked someone to check the fit and he said it was perfect, not fit too loose. I checked a few HS collars at a vendor table at a recent trial and they were similar. They must just be made to come apart easier than the brand I used before. The reason I got the quick release HS was because my old prong collar was so hard for me to put on/off.

Luckily it's never come undone when actually being used. The prongs and links are not broken, they just come apart very easily when slack, but generally there is not enough slack when I'm using it for corrections during work or during protection.